Old Bincombe

CREWKERNE

ST4309 BINCOMBE 876-1/6/22 Old Bincombe 06/09/74 (Formerly Listed as: BINCOME Bincome House)

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House. Dated 1855. MATERIALS: Rough limestone ashlar with Ham Hill stone rusticated quoins, architraves and doorcase, hipped slate roof with stone stacks flanking central range. PLAN: double-depth central-staircase plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. All windows to the front and first-floor returns are 6/6-pane sashes set in moulded architraves. The shallow roof has wide bracketed eaves, and the pediment to the stepped-forward central entrance bay is bracketed; the doorcase has a cornice on consoles. INTERIOR: large open well, open string staircase with a wreathed oak handrail and curtail step has a skylight above with frosted patterned glass. The library, to the right, was oak panelled in 1925. The sitting room to the left has high skirting boards and an ornate cornice; a wide canted bay to the rear has shutters, now fixed back. The first-floor has a white marble fireplace to the main room and a late C19 grate. The doors are 4-panel in Georgian-style architraves.

Listing NGR: ST4367009884